Department of
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty

Dr. John Chai Chairman and Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 3007 Phone: +971 2 607 5361 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Computational Transport Phenomena, Numerical Methods for Radiation Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows.

Dr. Yves Gunaltun Chair Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 5248 Phone: +971 2 607 75121 Research Interests: Computational Transport Phenomena, Numerical Methods for Radiation Heat Transfer, Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flows.

Dr. Sai Cheong Fok Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3006 Phone: +971 2 607 5296 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Virtual Prototyping, Machine Learning, Intelligent Systems, Fluid Power Systems, Biomedical Applications

Dr. Nader Vahdati Associate Professor & Deputy Chair Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3009 Phone: +971 2 607 5335 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Dynamic Systems and Controls, Vibration and Noise Control, Fracture Mechanics

Dr. Isoroku "Rocky" Kubo Associate Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 5232 Phone: +971 2 607 5561 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Solar Energy, Power Generation, Cooling

Dr. Jamal Ahmad Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3118 Phone: +971 2 607 5338 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Secondary Manufacturing of Polymer Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Wear, Real Time Tool Condition Monitoring, Conventional and Non-conventional Machining of Metals and Composites, Characterization and Modeling of Metals Behavior under Dynamic Loading

Dr. Lyes Khezzar Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-D Phone: +971 2 607 5543 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Flow in Fluid Handling Facilities, Fluid Sloshing

Dr. Peter Rodgers Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3012 Phone: +971 2 607 5397 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Waste Heat Utilization, Heat Exchanger Design, Multiphase Flow, Experimental Characterization, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Dr. Abdennour C. Seibi Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3003 Phone: +971 2 607 5454 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Applied Mechanics, Advanced Materials, and Design

Dr. Clarence Rodrigues Associate Professor and Institute Manager for Health Safety and Environment Office: Habshan Building, Room 5334 Phone: +971 2 607 5931 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Research Interests: Systems Safety, Ergonomics, HSE Management Systems, Teaching and Training Pedagogies, Security

Dr. Valérie Eveloy Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-C Phone: +971 2 607 5533 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Fuel Cell Technology, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Electronic Equipment Reliability and Thermal Management

Dr. Sami Ainane Director of Student Affairs and Associate Professor Office: Habshan Building, Room 5315 Phone: +971 2 607 5235 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Research Interests: Engineering Education

Rodney J. Simmons, Ph.D., CSP Associate Professor Office: Umm Shaif Building, Room 4009 Phone: +971 2 607 5122 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Risk Analysis, HSE Management and Engineering

Dr. Afshin Goharzadeh Associate Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3010-A Phone: +971 2 607 5396 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Thermofluids, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Multiphase Flows, EHD Separation, Hydrodynamic Instabilities

Dr. Fahrettin Ozturk Associate Professor Office: Umm Shaif Building, Room 4123 Phone: +971 2 607 5197 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Mechanical Properties of Materials, Formability of Sheet Metals, Warm and Hot Forming of Metals, Lightweight Materials, Finite Element Simulations, and Machine Design.

Dr. Linda Schmidt Visiting Associate Professor Office: Bu Hasa Building, Room 2001 Phone: +971 2 607 5297 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Design theory and cognition, Rapid response engineering, Design team behavior

Dr. Hamad Karki Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais 3010 B Phone: +971 2 607 5330 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Field Robots, Mechatronics, Computer Aided Design.

Dr. Ebrahim Al-Hajri Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3008-A Phone: +971 2 607 5450 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Advanced Energy Systems, Heating Cooling and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Energy and Environment for oil and gas fields, Micro-reactors

Dr. Mohamed Alshehhi Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3004 Phone: +971 2 607 5213 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Research Interests: Heat and mass transfer, Separation process of liquid droplets in gas flows, Fluid flow measurements including visualization, Multi-Phase flows

Dr. Ebru Günister Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais 3120 Phone:+971 2 607 5231 Fax:    +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Advanced polymeric composites and mechanical properties of polymer-clay nanocomposites.

Dr. Islam Md. Didarul Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais, Room 3005 Phone: +971 2 607 5230 Fax: + 971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Extended surfaces, Micro channel, Heat Exchanger, Flow visualization, Solar Energy & Absorption Refrigeration

Dr. Oleg Shiryayev Assistant Professor Office: Ruwais Building, Room 3009 Phone: +971 2 607 5451 Fax: +971 2 607 5194 Research Interests: System Identification, Structural Dynamics, Vibration, System Modeling

Dr. Imad Barsoum Assistant Professor Office: Umm Shaif Building, Room 4015 Phone:+971 2 607 5273 Fax:    +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: mechanics of materials and metal plasticity including micromechanical, constitutive and failure modelling of high strength steels subjected to complex loading conditions.

Dr. Fahad Almaskari Assistant Professor Office: Umm Shaif Building - 4013 Phone: +971 2 607 5577 Fax:     +971 2 607 5200 Research Interests: Constitutive and failure modeling of materials, Damage in composite structures

Dr. YAP Yit Fatt Research/Teaching Associate Office: Umm Shaif Building, Room 4011 Phone: +971 2 607 5335 Research Interests: Multiphase Flows, Magnetic Fluid (ferrofluid) Flow, Surface Tension Related Phenomena, Finite Volume Method, Level-set Method with Narrow-band Technique and Particle Correction, High Order Schemes (WENO)